Craven Family Manchester

[suebeetroot]

Thats great goldy - thank you.  how did you find all this then?  I seem to go round in circles when i do my research.  So, are we connected?

[goldy]

not found it yet sorry but it getting intriguing

less is more whilst searching they were either freebmd or lansbmd
 

[suebeetroot]

OK thanks. I have lots of certificates from Francis Bede Craven but it gets confusin g after that as there were so many Johns!   

[goldy]

I found John and Elizabeth in market st Chorley on 1851 as tea dealer.
I think next step is his marriage cert to find his dad.

[suebeetroot]

thats brilliant goldy, thank you so much.  what can i do?

[paulbridges]

Francis Bede Craven was my Great Uncle.
I have his birth as 24 Apr 1871 in Chorley/Leyland.
I was Googling his name and found your posts, so I joined this group.
I am aware of a marriage to Jane Elizabeth Elleray on 16 Jun 1901, though his age on
the certificate (27) disagrees with his real age (30). His fathers name is correct and
that he is deceased.
I lost track of him after the marriage and did not find the birth of his daughter.
I did find a Francis Craven sailed in 1908 to the USA and states that he has an Uncle,
James Fairclough in Boston. This agrees though Uncle is not the correct description.

I have a fair amount of information on the Craven family,  but I am new to this forum and not sure about it. Is there a way to exchange e-mails ?
would prefer to communicate by e-mail

[suebeetroot]

Hi Paul, this is great to see.  Francis was my Great Grandfather so we're connected somewhere there.  Will just see how I send you my e-mail.  Regards, Sue

[suebeetroot]

I've sent you my e-mail Paul.

[BashLad]

I've had a look in the papers online and there's a few references to a Francis Bede Craven and Charles Benedict Craven with "the Low Mill Printing and Bleaching Company (ltd)".